Conductor Salaries in the United States
How much does a Conductor make in the United States?
Conductors earn $49,000 annually on average, or $24 per hour, which is 30% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Conductors work for CN at $62,000 annually while the lowest paid Conductors work for Kansas City Southern earning approximately $40,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$49K BNSF Railway's Average Conductor Salary (36 salaries)
Equal to national average Conductor salary ($49K)
-$11K (20%) less than average BNSF Railway salary ($60K)
+$41K (58%) more than average BNSF Railway Conductor salary ($49K)
"BNSF is easily the highest paid railroad... our guarantee rates of pay rank above any other class 1 railroad. Of course it depends what you do. Yard jobs don't pay as much as road jobs, the only catch is it takes seniority to get what you want."
$80K
BNSF Railway Conductor
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+$31K (48%) more than average BNSF Railway Conductor salary ($49K)
$80K
BNSF Railway Conductor
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+$31K (48%) more than average BNSF Railway Conductor salary ($49K)
$49K Norfolk Southern Railway's Average Conductor Salary (25 salaries)
Equal to national average Conductor salary ($49K)
-$2K (4%) less than average Norfolk Southern Railway salary ($51K)
+$31K (48%) more than average Norfolk Southern Railway Conductor salary ($49K)
"my salary was lacking compared to competitors"
+$6K (11%) more than average Norfolk Southern Railway Conductor salary ($49K)
-$1K (2%) less than average Norfolk Southern Railway Conductor salary ($49K)
$43K Amtrak's Average Conductor Salary (4 salaries)
-$6K (13%) less than national average Conductor salary ($49K)
-$17K (33%) less than average Amtrak salary ($60K)
+$20K (37%) more than average Amtrak Conductor salary ($43K)
"I think I am being paid well although I was appalled to see what the maximum salary is for conductors. I feel our compensation ceiling should be a lot higher considering what we are asked to do on a daily basis."
$30K
Amtrak Conductor
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-$13K (35%) less than average Amtrak Conductor salary ($43K)
$67K
Amtrak Conductor
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+$24K (43%) more than average Amtrak Conductor salary ($43K)
$49K Union Pacific Railroad's Average Conductor Salary (62 salaries)
Equal to national average Conductor salary ($49K)
-$6K (11%) less than average Union Pacific Railroad salary ($55K)
-$8K (17%) less than average Union Pacific Railroad Conductor salary ($49K)
+$13K (23%) more than average Union Pacific Railroad Conductor salary ($49K)
-$8K (17%) less than average Union Pacific Railroad Conductor salary ($49K)
$49K CSX Transportation's Average Conductor Salary (33 salaries)
Equal to national average Conductor salary ($49K)
+$4K (8%) more than average CSX Transportation salary ($45K)
$46K
CSX Transportation Conductor
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-$3K (6%) less than average CSX Transportation Conductor salary ($49K)
$42K
CSX Transportation Conductor
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-$7K (15%) less than average CSX Transportation Conductor salary ($49K)
$60K
CSX Transportation Conductor
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+$11K (20%) more than average CSX Transportation Conductor salary ($49K)
$48K Canadian Pacific Railway's Average Conductor Salary (11 salaries)
-$1K (2%) less than national average Conductor salary ($49K)
-$1K (2%) less than average Canadian Pacific Railway salary ($49K)
-$7K (15%) less than average Canadian Pacific Railway Conductor salary ($48K)
-$13K (31%) less than average Canadian Pacific Railway Conductor salary ($48K)
-$8K (18%) less than average Canadian Pacific Railway Conductor salary ($48K)
$52K New York City Transit Authority's Average Conductor Salary (6 salaries)
+$3K (5%) more than national average Conductor salary ($49K)
-$4K (7%) less than average New York City Transit Authority salary ($56K)
+$15K (25%) more than average New York City Transit Authority Conductor salary ($52K)
-$22K (53%) less than average New York City Transit Authority Conductor salary ($52K)
-$22K (53%) less than average New York City Transit Authority Conductor salary ($52K)
$49K New Jersey Transit's Average Conductor Salary (4 salaries)
Equal to national average Conductor salary ($49K)
-$1K (2%) less than average New Jersey Transit salary ($50K)
$71K
New Jersey Transit Conductor
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+$22K (36%) more than average New Jersey Transit Conductor salary ($49K)
$91K
New Jersey Transit Conductor
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+$42K (60%) more than average New Jersey Transit Conductor salary ($49K)
$45K
New Jersey Transit Conductor
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-$4K (8%) less than average New Jersey Transit Conductor salary ($49K)
$61K Union Pacific Rail Road's Average Conductor Salary (4 salaries)
+$12K (21%) more than national average Conductor salary ($49K)
-$2K (3%) less than average Union Pacific Rail Road salary ($63K)
-$10K (17%) less than average Union Pacific Rail Road Conductor salary ($61K)
+$9K (13%) more than average Union Pacific Rail Road Conductor salary ($61K)
Equal to average Union Pacific Rail Road Conductor salary ($61K)
$40K Kansas City Southern's Average Conductor Salary (4 salaries)
-$9K (20%) less than national average Conductor salary ($49K)
-$20K (40%) less than average Kansas City Southern salary ($60K)
-$10K (28%) less than average Kansas City Southern Conductor salary ($40K)
+$11K (24%) more than average Kansas City Southern Conductor salary ($40K)
-$10K (28%) less than average Kansas City Southern Conductor salary ($40K)
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